Fourth and fifth grade students at the Austin Discovery School.Photo credit: Jeff Heimsath

After studying reports from 90,000 students in more than 500 New York City schools, researchers from Syracuse and New York universities concluded that bullying is less a problem in schools with students of wide-ranging ages such as K-8 than in schools with just a few grades. The study’s authors concede that while a “wholesale reorganization” of the nation’s schools would be costly, urban school districts undergoing major shifts in enrollment or looking for efficiencies may find opportunities to adopt K-8 models. (The Atlantic)

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